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This is the beginning of a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon.
“President Trump announced the truth yesterday on social media.”
Israel has been fighting his beloved militants who are backed by Iran in southern Lebanon. And here's Catlonsdorf has more from Beirut." The ceasefire went into effect at midnight here last night, so we're really just settling into the first full day. In the hours before, there was a barrage of attacks from both sides.
Israel carried out a wave of airstrikes in Lebanon's south, has billified several rockets into northern Israel. But since then, things have been relatively quiet.
In terms of how people are feeling, there is a little hope, a ceasefire is always welcome
and more. But people also realize this is temporary, so it's a cautious optimism. NPR's Catlonsdorf reporting from Beirut. More than 350 former European officials, including ministers, ambassadors, and senior EU figures have called for the suspension of the EU's agreement with Israel.
And Beirut's Eleanor Beirut's reports, the former officials described serious human rights violations against Palestinians.
“The signatories point to ongoing settlement activity and violence in the West Bank and worsening”
humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip, six months after the Gaza ceasefire, reconstruction has yet to begin, and Gaza still live in tents amidst the rubble. In the West Bank, the approval of illegal settlements has accelerated. EU's signatories say the Israeli government is violating the core principles on which the European Union is founded, and is ignoring its moral responsibilities as an occupying
power. They also criticize the EU saying its lack of action with Israel, compared with other countries who violate the agreement, reflects a double standard. Eleanor Beirut's LeNPR news, Tel Aviv. The federal panel has voted to move ahead with President Trump's plans to build a 250-foot
victory arch on the national mall. And Beirut's Anastasia Siyoka's reports that proposed monument would be the largest victory arch in the world. The Commission of Fine Arts is a seven-member body whose ranks are composed of Trump appointees.
“The Lee designer on the project, Nicholas Chabano, noted the arch would stand 250 feet”
high to mark 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. If built to the proposed height, it will tower over Arlington National Cemetery and obstruct sightlines to the Lincoln Memorial. The committee has asked for some tweaks to the submitted design. One suggestion was to replace proposed statues of lions adorning the arch's base with
eagles as animals native to North America. The proposed DC arch would be the biggest structure of its kind in the world. For example, it would dwarf the arch to Trump and Paris which stands at only 154 feet, Anastasia Siyoka's and Parannus. You're listening to NPR.
The House has passed a two-week extension of a part of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Actress Fiza, the Senate plans to take up the measure today, otherwise it will expire Monday. Negotiators say they need more time to review the federal government's ability to spy. The rural water managers are expected to announce a plan to add water to the nation's
second largest reservoir, Lake Powell.
From Member Station KJ, ZZ, in Phoenix, Alex Hager has more. The plan would send Colorado River Water into Powell from upstream reservoirs. It would limit the amount that's released downstream toward the Grand Canyon and Lake Mead. Arizona's top water official Tom Bushatsky says it's only possible because his state,
California and Nevada made cutbacks. We, in the Lower Basin, were proactive, reduced our lawyers, dropped up the elevation of Lake Mead. That's allowing this federal plan to go forward. Bushatsky called on the upper basin states of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and New Mexico
to do more to keep water in Powell. He says this reshuffling of water would be a short-term fix. For NPR News, I'm Alex Hager and Phoenix. The Smithsonian Zoo in Washington, DC, says it will present a baby Asian elephant calf to the public next Wednesday to honor Earth Day.
The baby female named Lin-Meide was born on February 2nd. Zoo keepers have closed off her compound for privacy until now. They say Lin-Meide's mother initially showed some aggression toward the elephant calf after she was born, but the baby has had positive interaction with other adult female elephants. Lin-Meide's the National Zoo's first baby elephant in 25 years.
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